Who is the Artist? Illustrations from Nell in Bridewell (Lenchen im Zuchthause) | (Society of British Bibliophiles, Paris, 1900, The illustrations were issued separately to the book. Carrington, references them as by German Artists familiar with the costumes and customs of the time. I wonder if they were originally illustrations for the first German edition, but I cannot find a copy to reference. Any ideas please complete a contact sheet.
Books for Trade: L’Arétin français, par un Membre de l’Académie des Dames 1803
That must hurt. Don’t know the artist but he is good.
I agree too good not to have a name!
Martin Van Maele, as I know.
Sorry but Martin Van Maele only illustrated the French Edition:-
FLAGELLATION DES FEMMES EN ALLEMAGNE, LA
LA FLAGELLATION | DES FEMMES | EN ALLEMAGNE | Récit authentique d’une Prisonnière | TRADUIT DE L’ALLEMAND DE | W. REINHARD | PAR | JEAN DU VILLIOT | Vingt illustrations par MARTIN VAN MAELE | [vignette] | PARIS | CHARLES CARRINGTON | 13, FAUBOURG MONTMARTRE, 13 | [line] | 1901
13.97cm. x 22.86cm. xi + 356pp. Printed by A.-G. Lemale [from a note in the copy at Kinsey] in a limited edition of 500 copies on Holland. Frontispiece + 20 engravings by Martin van Maele w/tissue guards. In-text illustrations by J.W. [J. Wely?] and G.D. [G. Dola?].
Originally published under the title Lenchen im Zuchthause in c.1848. This present work is a French translation of the English edition, Nell in Bridewell, published in 1900 by Charles Carrington under his Society of British Bibliophiles imprint.
(Kinsey: 833.7 R369 l5F 1901. The Satyrical Drawings of Martin van Maele, Cythera Press, 1970)